Clasp or buckle.



No. 707,877. Patented Aug. 26, I902. J. SULZBACHER.

CLASP 0R BUCKLE.

(Application filed June 12, 1901.)

(No Model.)

|NVENTOR ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFIcE.

JEROME SULZBACIIER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLASP OR BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of v Letters PatentNo. 707,877, dated August26, 1902.

. Application filed June 12, 1901. Serial No. 64,214. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEROME SULZBACHER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Clasps or Buckles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to clasps or buckles; and it has for some of itsobjects to provide a clasp or buckle the two members of which can becheaply made each out of one piece of metal and struck up from sheetmetal and which will provide means so that when said members are unitedor held together they will not be likely to slip or be pulled apart.

My invention consists in certain features and details, ashereindescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 illustrates in plan oneembodiment of my invention, the two members being united and held toeach other.

one of the members shown in'Fig. 1. Fig. 3

is a plan view of the other member shown in Fig. 1, but showing theopposite side of such member to that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an edgeview of the entire clasp or buckle with the two members in the samepositions as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an edge view of the member shownin Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an edge view of the member shown in Fig. 3. Figs. 7and 8 show two members of a slightlydifferent form of buckle from thatshown in the other figures and with the edges of the other side of thesmaller member being shown in dotted lines. Figs. 9, 10, and 11 are planviews showing slightly-different forms of the two members from thoseshown in the other figures.

Similar numbers represent like parts in all the figures.

1 is one member of the clasp or buckle, such as is used upon mensgarters, and provided with oblique slots 2 for the attachment of theflexible or webbed portion of the garter.

3 is the other member of the clasp. This member is also provided with aslot 4 for the attachment of the flexible or webbed fabric.

5 is a hook-tongue rigid with the member 1 and forming part ofthe same.This tongue extends out beyond the surface of the plate or member I, asshown in Figs. 4. and 5, the opposite side edges of said tongue being onFig. 2 is a plan view of a different plane from the adjacent part of themember 1. The tongue 5 is preferably of springing quality, and if themember 1 be made of sheet metal such tongue may be struck up from thesame piece of metal, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 7. Said tongue 5preferably tapers from its base, where it is united to the member 1toward its free end. Extend ing from one surface of the member 3 is a.

projecting portion 6, having two opposite walls '7 meeting said surfaceand preferably diverging from each other, as shown. In Figs. 3, 4, and 6such portion 6, together with the adjacent part of the member 3, is inthe form of a sleeve, preferably corresponding in shape with the tongue5-that is, decreasing in diameter toward its outer end. The end of themember 3 at the outer end of the sleeve portion 6 is provided with astop 8 for abutting against the free end of the tongue when said sleeveis passed over the tongue. I The entire member 3 may be struck from onepiece of sheet metal, as shown in the drawings, the walls 7 being formedof two ear portions,which are bent over, so that their outer edges meetor almost meet, and thus form a sleeve, as shown in Fig. 3. The stop 8may be formed by bending the outer end of the member 3 inward, as

shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 6. The two members 1 and 3 are united by thewider end of the sleeve 6 of the member 3 being passed over the free endof the tongue 5 of member 1, and then when said members are pulled inthe directions away from each other the tongue 5 will enter far enoughinto the sleeve 6 so that the opposite side edges of said tonguewillbear upon and be held by the inner surfaces of the walls 7, so that themore the members 1 and 3 are pulled in opposite directions the tighterthey will be held together. The tongued member 9 (shown in Fig. 7) is ofa form suitable for a belt or a Womans garter, the slots 10 in suchfigure being transverse to the tongue 5 instead of being obliquelyarranged,.as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In Fig. 9 instead of the member 1 having a tongue united at one end tothe base of said member said member is slitted transversely, as at 9 9,and the part 10 of the member 1 between said slits is sprung up, so asto be on a different plane from the rest of said member. The outer edgesof the part 10 at the slits 9 9 answer the same purpose as the oppositeedges of a tongue to serve as bearing-surfaces for engaging the innersurfaces of the walls 7 of member 3. In Fig. 10 the parts of member 1 toengage with the inner surfaces of the walls 7 of member 3 consist of twolips 11 11, extending from the base of member 3 and in opposite direc--tions from each other. These lips 11 I prefer to make from the samepiece of metal as the remainder of member l by slitting said member, asat 12, and turning back the parts between said slits, as shown in Fig.10. The member 5 shown in Fig. 11 is of the same construction as thatshown in the other figures, except that the walls 7 do not come nearenough to form a sleeve. They operate, however, in the same manner.

From the above it will be seen that my improved clasp or buckle can becheaply and simply made from two pieces of sheet metal and willconstitute a firm and durable clasp.

I do not limit myself to the precise construction shown and describednor to the pre cise construction by which my invention may be carriedinto elfect, as many changesother than those suggested may be madewithout departing from the main principles of myinvention or sacrificingits chief advantages.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A clasp or buckle comprising two attachable and detachable members,one of which is provided with two opposite walls meeting the other partofthe member, and

- theothermemberhavingedgesstruckupfrom the sameand extending above thesurface of said member and corresponding with the inner sides of saidwalls of the other member whereby the two members may be united, withsaid edges of one closely held by the inner walls of the other.

2. A clasp or buckle comprising two attachable and detachable membersone of which is provided with a hook-tongue, extending above the surfaceof said member and the other member having a sleeve for surrounding andfor engagement with the tongue when said members are attached, and theside edges of said tongue corresponding with the inner walls of saidsleeve, whereby the two members may be united, with the side edges ofthe tongue closely held by the inner walls of the sleeve.

3. A clasp or buckle comprising two attachable and detachable membersone of which is provided with a hook-tongue, extending above the surfaceof said member and the other member having a sleeve for surrounding andfor engagement with said tongue when said members are attached, and saidsleeve provided with a bearing-surface at or near its free end for thefree end of said tongue, and the side edges of said tongue correspondingwith the inner walls of said sleeve, whereby the two members may beunited, with the side edges of the tongue closely held by the innerwalls of the sleeve.

4. A clasp or buckle comprising two attachable and detachable membersone of which is provided with a spring hook-tongue,

JEROME SULZBACI-IER.

Nitnesses:

PENNINGTON HALSTED, EDWIN SEGER.

